Alien Arms Empire

Chapter 738 Morning of Industrial City 738

"Extra! Extra! Fifteen cities captured in seven days! General Strauss' great victory in the south! Our army swept across the northern part of Chu!" On the streets of Tongcheng, where the rain had stopped, the old newspaper seller kept shouting in a hoarse voice. .

There is no longer much stagnant water on the streets here, and many cleaners are using huge bamboo brooms to clean up the mud that has solidified on the asphalt road.

Cars speeding through the streets and alleys represent that the city has regained its vitality.There are busy workers everywhere, and there are flashing neon lights everywhere.

Although the war is still going on, the territory of Tang State is actually very peaceful.Among the topics everyone talked about, there may be more content about floods than war.

Because the troops were making great victories one after another and driving out the invading enemies, everyone was very peaceful, thinking that they would definitely win the final victory.

"Give me one." A well-dressed man rolled down the car window and handed a banknote to the old newspaper seller.

Knowing that the big business was coming, the old man immediately took out a newspaper from the bag on his chest with a big smile on his face, handed it to the other party, nodded and bowed and sent a series of auspicious words: "My lord, you have a lot of money. Wealth is boundless! Here is your change, smooth sailing, success in no time!"

With the popularity of radios these days, and more and more loudspeakers, the sales of newspapers are not as good as they used to be.So if you don't play a little subjective initiative, there is no way to get more income.

Ever since, bringing a wet rag to wipe the dust on the front of the car while selling newspapers, and shouting a few good words of blessing at the same time, has become the unique basic skill of many newspaper sellers.

At first it was done by one or two, then things became common after everyone figured out the trick.

On the other side, seeing that his colleagues had already opened, the old newspaper seller who occupied the street on the other side shouted even harder: "Great victory! Great victory! Our army captured Ningjiang, the important town of Chu State! One hundred thousand Chu troops surrendered!"

Because of the Datang Child Protection Law, all school-age children must participate in national compulsory education, and it is impossible for newspaper boys to sell newspapers on the streets.

They were replaced by illiterate old people. It might be too embarrassing for them to expect these old men and old ladies to be workers and operate the machines, so they could only do some odd jobs to the best of their ability.

The people who clean up the sundries on the street are usually younger old men, and the ones who help in the public welfare area are usually old ladies.

In short, under the management of the Tang Kingdom, there are almost no people who are idle.Everyone has to work here, and everyone can find a position that suits them.

Of course, having a job for everyone means eating for everyone.This was unimaginable in the past. According to the past experience of the country, it is impossible for a kingdom to feed everyone.

This is also where the Tang Kingdom is different: its operating model is completely different from the previous kingdoms and empires, and every link seems to be more advanced, revealing a taste of comprehensively crushing other countries.

There are too many ways to make money in the entire kingdom, and the cake is too big, so big that those noble merchants who used to exploit the common people for a living don't bother to compete with the common people anymore, they just need to open a If the company builds a factory and drinks some soup after the Datang Group, it will be enough for them to live in prosperity and wealth for a lifetime.

No kidding really, this is an era where you make money no matter what you do.Paper, candy, salt, socks... whatever you produce can be sold in an instant.

This is an era of lack of everything, people have no clothes, no food, no entertainment and no hope.

So, no matter what you sell, even if it's just a newspaper full of hope, you can sell it for nothing!Not one left!
In the village, although everyone is illiterate, there are still consuls or some young interns who are willing to read newspapers for everyone, popularize the policies promulgated by some countries, and there are some great construction projects.

Therefore, even in small villages far away from the coastline, the common people know that in the distant and only heard of Linshui Port, another huge cargo ship exceeding [-] tons has been built, and even the latest transportation is used standard.

After dinner, the two farmers can also discuss whether the plastic products produced by the kingdom in Pingning will pollute the nearby soil, and whether it will delay the local people's spring plowing and planting.

The third old newspaper seller waved the newspaper in his hand and started to sell it too: "The Dahua troops who destroyed Xi Cong have been compressed. Hundreds of thousands of invading troops are short of food and clothing. They are in danger!"

Above his head, a huge chimney was emitting thick smoke, and the other side of the courtyard wall was actually a huge steel factory.

A train full of iron ore will pass through the streets of Copper City. When the train passes by, a black and yellow railing will be placed on both sides of the street to stop passing pedestrians and vehicles.

Then the long train will pass through the middle of the separated street, pulling the deafening long siren, one car after another passing by people's eyes, without stopping for a long time.

The signal light on the side kept flashing red light, and the bell-like notification sound jingled tirelessly, and it lasted until a long time after the train left before it stopped.

Pipes are everywhere in the huge factory, and some even line up overhead like a sky bridge across the entire street.

The shiny metal iron pipes are connected by rivets and screws at intervals. If you look closely, there are wild cats or wild birds inhabiting them.

Because of better sanitation, there are even fewer rats in the whole city.But the pollution still exists, the cracks in the streets are full of coal ash, and the floating debris left by the burning makes people cough non-stop.

It only takes one day for the scorched shirt to turn the collar and cuffs black. If the wind is not in the right direction, the exhaust gas from the smelter pouring into the city will burn the respiratory tract, making every breath extremely painful.

This is by no means alarmist talk, on the contrary, it marks the prosperity and greatness of Copper City.This huge heavy industrial city feeds more than 300 million workers who work non-stop.

Because of the open terrain, the area of ​​Copper City is larger than that of Bunas, and the speed of development is also more exaggerated than that of Bunas.

After all, with more background and more experience, a city like Tongcheng has actually far surpassed the former City of Hope, Bunas, in terms of industrial production capacity.

The whole city seems to be burning, because of the factory, and the way of life of people here has been completely changed.

The families relying on the mountains to eat the mountains rely on the water to drink water, and the families who rely on the factories naturally enjoy different levels of benefits: in winter, the air near them is hot, and many weird things are shockingly cheap.

For example, boiling hot water: there are often many cheap bathhouses near factories. These public bathhouses have become a kind of culture and save people the cost of pursuing cleanliness.

Truckloads of industrial waste hot water can be bought at a very cheap price. The steaming water trucks fill up the water tanks in the bathhouse, and then let the bathing enthusiasts around use them.

Another benefit is sawdust, that is, the waste wood chips that are cut off. This thing is abundant in the factory and has no use, so it can be bought and burned at home for a small fee.

Compared with firewood, this thing is not burned, and it will burn out in a while.However, it is cheap and easy to ignite, so a part of it is often used as a igniter when lighting a fire.

Sometimes the cinders picked up by the children from near the factory gate when they play in their spare time can be burned for a few days if they are saved, and the saving is [-] million...

Another advantage of the industrial zone is that it is convenient to use electricity, because factories must use electricity, so the electricity in industrial cities is often relatively developed.

After a series of developments, Tongcheng's current power system has been quite complete. Every household has been connected to electricity, and street lights have been popularized in the city on a large scale.

You must know that this is a very extravagant thing in cities of other countries.But in Datang Kingdom, it is no longer a rare thing.

Be it Chang'an, Linshui, Tongcheng, or Longgang, these cities have all been illuminated by electric lights, and brighter and more advanced "fluorescent tubes" have even begun to be used in many places.

With the shouts of newspaper sellers, the busy day in Tongcheng began like this.The hawkers pushing the breakfast stalls opened the steaming steamer, shouted and began to sell their food. The number of cars on the street gradually increased, and the horns began to sound one after another on the congested road.

The opening store clerk is unloading the wooden board covered with discount notices from the window and turning it over to lean against the door.

In the newly opened tailor shop, the proprietress spilled the waste water from washing on the manhole cover at the door.In the window above the signboard, a middle-aged woman hangs out the sheets to dry. On the higher roof, on the billboard that has been flashing all night, that pretty lady still smiles, holding a cigarette case from the Tongcheng Cigarette Factory with her white teeth showing.

The workers who go to work are riding bicycles in dense groups at the intersection, and the excited voices of greetings among acquaintances make the whole street extremely noisy.

The speakers in the factory courtyard began to play music full of electrical interference. This is a day in Copper City, and it is also a day for countless workers.

No one can feel the breath of war from such a life. Everyone is enjoying the unprecedented life they are living, and they see something called hope from this life.

(Many things in this chapter are experienced by Long Ling, familiar and warm)
(End of this chapter)